Abstract
Detailed analysis has shown the step-wise development of a WNW-ESE trending wrench fault, the Laksenæs fault in the Ivigtut area of SW Greenland. The fault has a total horizontal displacement of 6 km, with sinistral movement, and a vertical displacement of approximately 2 km.
The horizontal displacement can be shown to have taken place i three successive stages, each of which occurred in a different geological period. The first horizontal displacement of 1,5 km took place in the Ketilidian and/or early Kuánitic periods and was followed by a displacement of 1,5 km in the Sanerutian period and 3 km in the Gardar period. Vertical displacement took place only with the first two stages of horizontal displacement.
The Laksenæs fault is cut by a system of NNW trending dykes which have been provisionally ascribed to the Tertiary.
The horizontal displacement can be shown to have taken place i three successive stages, each of which occurred in a different geological period. The first horizontal displacement of 1,5 km took place in the Ketilidian and/or early Kuánitic periods and was followed by a displacement of 1,5 km in the Sanerutian period and 3 km in the Gardar period. Vertical displacement took place only with the first two stages of horizontal displacement.
The Laksenæs fault is cut by a system of NNW trending dykes which have been provisionally ascribed to the Tertiary.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse |
| Number of pages | 29 |
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| Publication status | Published - 16 Dec 1960 |
Publication series
| Series | Bulletin Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse |
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| Volume | 26 |
| ISSN | 0105-3507 |
Programme Area
- Programme Area 4: Mineral Resources